The Chief
Executive Officer of CMC Connect, Mr. Yomi Badejo-Okusanya, has been elected
President of Africa Public Relations Association (APRA), the continent’s Public
Relations professional regulatory body.

The
election was conducted by the Governing Council of APRA. Mrs. Jane Gitau of
Kenya emerged as Secretary General. The election climaxed activities marking
the 28th edition of APRA International Conference tagged APRA Calabar 2016.

The APRA
executive was immediately inaugurated by the Council led by the outgoing
President Mr. Peter Mutie from Kenya, and witnessed by Ms. Christina Chima,
outgoing Vice President from Zimbabwe; Mr. Bart de Vries, President of the
International Public Relations Association (IPRA); and delegates from various
part of the continent also witnessed the transition.

According
to Mutie, other committee’s positions zoned to other regions in the continent
will be made public at a later date. The executive committee will serve for two
years with a maximum of two terms.

Badejo-Okusanya,
prior to his emergence as the president, was the Secretary-General of APRA. He
is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and past
Chairman, NIPR, Lagos State Chapter.